"His Voice Today"
September 18
🔸️ The Bible should be the meditation to give us Strength! 🔸️
In Jeremiah 15:16 and 1Peter 2:3, we find the Scriptures are compared symbolically to 'food'. The Bible says that the prophet Ezekiel and the Apostle John "ate a book." (Ezek.3: 1-3; Rev.10: 9,10). Yes, God's people ate and digested God's Word.
Food gives us strength. So without food our body cannot be strengthened and be protected. A person who has weakness in body due to inadequate food will be incapable of resisting the disease. In the same way, one who ignores and neglects the Word of God would become immature in his spiritual life; for that reason he would be in a pitiful state of desperation to resist the temptations and unable to stand firm against the attacks of the devil!!
At the same time, you can't have strength just because you’ve read the Bible. Instead, you should read the Bible with desire then meditate it; allow those words to penetrate your heart and make those verses your own (Psalm 119:11).
When Job said this, he said excitedly, "Lord, I have treasured the words of your mouth more than my daily bread" (Job 23:12). One who has this kind of courage will be as courageous as Job in facing the deadly attacks of Satan. That is why Job never lost his faith in God, amidst his many trials! But because his wife did not have the same affection that her husband had for the Word of God, she blasphemed God the very next moment suffering happened. But Job was not like that.
Thus Job is a good example for all of us that we can bravely resist every temptation of life with the rewards we are getting on meditating God's Word daily!!
Prayer:
Heavenly Father! Your word is our spiritual food for our spiritual growth! Please be gracious on us to have Your verse become our daily meditation! In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.
Author:
Brother Zac Poonen
Translated version of the Tamil "Family Meditation Book".
From:-
https://t.me/hisvoicetoday
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